Choose options other than closing elementary schools

9:07 PM,
Jul. 4, 2013

H. Dee Hoover

Written by

H. Dee Hoover
Guest Opinion

I am writing with regard to the closing of elementary schools in Iowa City.

As the former senior author of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills and past director of the statewide testing program in Iowa, I have watched with dismay over a nearly 50-year period as Iowa City became one of the most socially segregated school districts in the state.

I, of course, had access to building test scores long before it became common practice to print them in the paper. I clearly remember having conversations with Dave Cronin and subsequent superintendents regarding this issue. ...